MY VALENTINE - Annie Dean
Loose Id www.loose-id.com
ISBN: 978-1-59632-629-3
February 2008
Erotic Paranormal Romance

England - 1821

Beatrice Ward, the thirty-six year old Dowager Duchess of Carisbrooke, lives for the times when she can escape to her estate’s dower house and indulge herself in a pastime most proper ladies wouldn’t admit to.  With her two elder daughters about to spend time with their uncle, Beatrice knows that she’ll have more time to herself, but her time alone gets off to a very interesting start.  She opens the door to find a beaten, naked man passed out in front of her sanctuary, and while Beatrice is sure this will be nothing but an inconvenience, she helps the man inside, and cleans his wounds.  He’s distrustful at first, and when he tells her he doesn’t remember his name, she names him Ren.  Beatrice is determined to get Ren out of her life as quickly as possible, but something holds her back.

When he first wakes up, Ren believes that the woman tending him is in league with those trying to kill him, but he quickly realizes that he is wrong.  While there isn’t much that Ren hasn’t done with a woman, Beatrice is the first woman he’s been truly intimate with.  Yet, he is still tortured by his past, and that past could catch up to him at any time – as could the men intent on killing him.

New York City - Present Day

The moment Darnell Valentine met Maya Hanoush, he felt as if he’d been waiting for her his whole life.  Being eight at the time, he didn’t quite understand the feeling, and definitely didn’t act on it beyond becoming her friend.  It seems as if he’s loved her his whole life, but Maya keeps Darnell at arm’s length.  Her feelings for him go deeper than she’s willing to admit, but something tells her that allowing Darnell to get too close would change her life completely.  As Valentine’s Day approaches though, both Darnell and Maya are having strange dreams, that each of them know are about them, but not.  What happened to the people in their dreams, and how will it affect Maya and Darnell?

MY VALENTINE is a complex and emotional love story between two souls.  Beatrice, the dowager Duchess who is willing to sacrifice her own dreams to ensure the future of her daughters, and Ren a man running for his life, unable to escape his past.  Though their paths should never have crossed, they fall for each other and their love will last beyond their own lifetimes, and into the next.  Maya is also a woman scarred by her past, and Darnell has had his heart broken by her too many times to count.  Is it possible that this time they can get it right? 

An intriguing and erotic romantic tale, I highly recommend MY VALENTINE.

Jennifer Bishop